Government Section
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What powers the Village?
At present, about 84% of the Village’s electricity comes from renewable sources — wind farms, hydroelectric dams and gas emitted from landfills. Around 3.6% local energy comes from the Village’s own, one megawatt solar array on Glass Farm, which went online in 2017.
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Miami Township Trustees broach hotel fire, website, insurance
A recent kitchen fire at Mills Park Hotel was quickly contained by Miami Township Fire-Rescue crews last week, according to Fire Chief James Cannell, who praised firefighters’ response as he reported to the Miami Township Trustees during their meeting Monday, May 18.
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Village Council considers changes to sidewalk policy, mediation
At the most recent regular Village Council meeting, Monday, May 18, Council members broached the possibility of changing a couple longstanding policies and programs — one being the onus of sidewalk maintenance and upkeep.
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Village Council presses pause on new downtown parking plans
Questions about downtown parking — Does the village have enough? Does it need more? — were once again before Council at the group’s May 4 regular meeting.
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Rural zoning updates coming for Miami Township
At their Monday, May 4, meeting, the Miami Township Trustees held a public hearing on the final phase of updates to the Township’s Zoning Resolution, which governs land use in unincorporated areas, and approved a first reading of all amendments to the resolution.
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Village Council considers data center moratorium in Yellow Springs
At the most recent regular Village Council meeting, Monday, May 4, Council members mulled over the implications of a future piece of legislation: imposing a year-long moratorium on the creation of any large-scale data center in Yellow Springs.
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May 5 primary election results
Preliminary results of the Tuesday, May 5, primary election came in late election night; at press time, the Greene County Board of Elections reported that 28,194 of 118,030 registered voters came out to the polls.
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Primary election Tuesday, May 5
Ohio voters head to the polls next week on Tuesday, May 5, for the state’s primary election. All Yellow Springs residents vote at Antioch University Midwest at 900 Dayton St., 6:30 a.m.–7:30 p.m.
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Village Council’s housing goals come into view
Council and Village staff members gathered for a six-hour retreat on Thursday, April 9, to drill down on all matters housing-related in the village.
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Miami Township Fire-Rescue battles blaze at Morris Bean
A potentially dangerous industrial fire at Morris Bean involving burning magnesium metal was quickly contained by Miami Township Fire-Rescue and other area fire and rescue agencies early last week.
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